Top Communications Software Startups in 2027

15Five is a continuous performance management solution that helps employees grow and develop, in just 15 minutes each week. Through a lightweight weekly check-in, 15Five delivers everything a manager needs to impact employee performance, including continuous feedback, objectives (OKR) tracking, recognition, 1-on-1s, and 360° reviews. 15Five is the most popular performance management software out of 246 vendors, and a Top 50 Fastest Growing Product on G2Crowd, with over 1,900 forward-thinking companies using the solution to bring out the best in their people. Recent press: 15five.com/press What we're about: 15five.com/philosophy/core-values

Built for organizations that need more control over their communications; it enables collaboration between colleagues, partners, customers, communities, and even platforms without compromises on data ownership, customizations, or integrations. Tens of millions of users in over 150 countries and organizations such as Deutsche Bahn, The US Navy, and Credit Suisse trust Rocket.Chat every day to keep their communications completely private and secure. Rocket.Chat is an enterprise communication hub that offers numerous solutions: Omnichannel Customer Experience, Team Collaboration, and DevOps. The main benefit is to centralize organizational communication and boost productivity by bringing messages, video calls, file sharing, and all team communication into one place. Built-in JavaScript, using the Meteor full-stack framework, the tool offers omnichannel customer engagement through LiveChat widget and integrations with Whatsapp, Twilio, Messenger, SMS, Emails, among others. Team collaboration can be improved by chat messaging, video conferences, audio messages, file sharing, threads, discussion groups, direct or group messages, real-time translation, audit messaging panel, and custom user permissions. DevOps can be accelerated with native integrations offered in Rocket.Chat`s marketplace, real-time LDAP, webhooks, and powerful APIs.

At its core, the Wavity platform consists of four (4) things all of which have a Mobile-First focus: 1. An AppHub where pre-built Applications/Application templates can be used as-is or changed to meet customer needs with zero-coding 2. Communications and Collaboration that have Application Context 3. An Application Designer to rapidly build new Applications with zero-coding or to convert existing custom applications and spreadsheets into Mobile-First Cloud Apps 4. A real-time Analytics engine to gain visibility and insight into KPIs

Founded in Saskatoon, Canada, in 2014, with offices in Toronto, 7shifts is the restaurant labor management solution used by over 350,000 restaurant pros across North America, Europe, the Middle East and Australia. 7shifts is used by growing multi-unit restaurant groups including Bareburger, Honeygrow, Smoke's Poutinerie, YogurtLand, Clean Juice, and many others. More than a scheduling platform, 7shifts empowers restaurant managers to optimize their workforce to better manage employees, resulting in reduced labor costs, and freed up time for managers to focus on better serving their customers. Learn more at: 7shifts.com

backstitch offers an employee experience software platform that helps organizations to better manage & measure their enterprise, HR and change communications. We work with some of the largest brands and employers in restaurants, healthcare, manufacturing, and consumer products to better inform, educate and empower their most important audience, their own employees.

Staffbase is a global market leader in mobile-first end-to-end employee communication platforms that engage diverse, disconnected and distributed workforces. Staffbase provides branded apps and intranets that improve employee experience for more than 1000 customers worldwide, including Adidas, Audi, DHL, Iron Ore Company of Canada, Paulaner, UC Health and US LB.

Blink is the digital backbone of companies who run the real world and don’t sit behind a computer. It’s for the millions of essential nurses, bus drivers, construction workers or supply chain operators that run the real economy. In just a year, Blink has already been adopted by more than 60,000 people across over 100 companies in the UK, US and Australia who open the Blink app more than 15 times per day. 70% of the workforce today are frontline workers. But they have been underinvested in for far too long. Too often they suffer from low morale because they feel unappreciated at work. It's time for change. In our customers so far, we have reduced staff turnover by 26%, doubled employee satisfaction and delivered an ROI in under 3 months. Most importantly, 100% of frontline workers would recommend Blink to a colleague. We empower, we protect and we equip frontline workers with an all-in-one app that digitises the frontline and put everything your people need at their fingertips. Come join us on our mission.

HootBoard is a leading visitor information and wayfinding kiosk platform. It is designed to help smart cities, tourism departments, and universities create a more engaging and informative experience for their visitors. Also, it includes advanced Digital Out-of-Home(DOOH) advertising features that help media companies expand their advertising reach to locations where traditional OOH media is not allowed. At HootBoard, we believe that the future of visitor information and advertising lies in the integration of technology and convenience. Our platform offers an easy-to-use interface that provides visitors with relevant and timely information, including maps, directions, and event schedules. Also, we help organizations generate additional revenue streams and maximize their inventory. They can sell ads directly, collaborate with our DOOH partner network, or use our programmatic advertising integrations. By investing in our kiosk platform, organizations can expect a return on investment in less than three years. Whether you're a tourism department looking to improve your visitor experience, a smart city seeking to enhance wayfinding and advertising, or a university looking to streamline campus navigation, HootBoard has the solution you need. Contact us today to learn more about how our platform can benefit your organization.

Vyond lets you create videos easily with our library of templates, sounds, props, and so much more. Move your audience to action. Increase engagement, retention, motivation, and conversion using rich media made simply with Vyond. We make it possible for people of all skill levels and in all industries to create dynamic and powerful media. We're changing the way the world communicates, one video at a time.

Our team draws from extensive experience in business, government and public safety, combining a shared passion for cybersecurity and national security into practical solutions tailored for both government and industry. SENTRIQS was founded in 2023 to acquire, develop, and accelerate next-generation security tools. We believe that effective communications security requires looking beyond apps that are simply popular or familiar; it calls for an unwavering commitment to guarding every file, every message, every meeting. That commitment embodies our mission to provide unmatched security, without compromise. For more information visit: sentriqs.com